S2 Episode 8: The Future of Podcasting with Podnews Editor James Cridland The Actionable Futurist® Podcast

On this episode, we spoke with James Cridland, Editor of leading podcast news site Podnews.

Podcasting is on the rise, with 96,500 new podcasts in May 2020 alone. In this episode we discussed a number of topics related to podcasting, including:
Is Podcasting is on the increase?The half-life of a podcast seriesIs podcasting the new blogging?How Podnews startedProducing a daily podcast and newsletterThe future of RSSApple's dominance in RSS standardsSpotify as a competitorIs Google number 3 in Podcasting?Is the Joe Rogan/Spotify deal the first of many?Will we see the rise of "walled gardens"?Apple's dominance with podcast discoveryIMDB as a podcast directory?The importance of measurement & monetisationMonetisation beyond advertisingThe future of corporate podcastingPrivate corporate podcastingWhat is the future of podcasting?Quick fire round
 Favourite Podcast Favourite podcast app Apple or Spotify? Favourite length of podcast The last podcast you listened toThree things to take advantage of podcasting
Subscribe to Podnews.netListen to other podcastsLearn how to edit audioMore information on James can be found at jamescridland.net
The podcasts and products mentioned on the podcast are listed below
Podcast Festival - podcastfestival.events
The Bugle Podcast
Freenoter Podcast
Audacity
Adobe Audition
Hindenberg Journalist Pro
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